“Every once in a while in the past they underestimated us. It was not pleasant for them, was it?”

Early Sunday at Yokota Air Base in Japan, President Donald Trump kicked off his tour of Asia by offering a warning that no dictator should “underestimate” the United States, which was apparently aimed at North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

“No one — no dictator, no regime, and no nation should underestimate, ever, American resolve,” Trump said. “Every once in a while in the past they underestimated us. It was not pleasant for them, was it?”